Lassa virus

Translingual

Etymology

From the name of a town in northeastern Nigeria.

Proper noun

Lassa virus

1. A taxonomic species within the family Arenaviridae – now Lassa mammarenavirus, endemic in West Africa, responsible for Lassa hemorrhagic fever in humans and other primates.

Hypernyms

• (species): Bunyavirales - order; Arenaviridae - family; Mammarenavirus - genus

References

• Lassa virus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Lassa virus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Lassa virus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

Noun

Lassa virus (plural Lassa viruses)

1. An Old World arenavirus that causes fever in human and non-human primates.